Python for Security Jobs
Python is the most popular programming language in cybersecurity, used for automation, tool development, threat analysis, and security engineering.
78
Open Jobs
$80k
Avg Min Salary
$103k
Avg Max Salary
3
Key Certifications
About Python for Security
Python is essential for modern security professionals. It's used for automating security tasks, building custom tools, analyzing malware, processing threat intelligence, and integrating security systems. Most security tools have Python APIs, making it the lingua franca of security automation.
Why Learn Python?
- Most in-demand security programming language
- Used across all security domains
- Essential for automation and tooling
- Low barrier to entry, high ceiling
Tools & Technologies
Requests
Scapy
Pandas
BeautifulSoup
Paramiko
PyCryptodome
YARA-python
Recommended Certifications
- PCEP
- PCAP
- SANS SEC573
Python for Security Jobs (78)
Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement
Gitlab
Staff Backend Engineer, Core DevOps
Gitlab
Senior Distribution Engineer, Gitlab: Build
Gitlab
Senior Platform Engineer, GitLab Orbit
Gitlab
Developer Advocate - Service Management EMEA
Datadog
Professional Services - Technical Architect
Gitlab
Director, Social Media
Gitlab
Staff Backend Engineer, Database Automation (Go)
Gitlab
Intermediate Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)
Gitlab
Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Healthtech)
Databricks
Senior Backend Engineer, Trusted Agentic Development
Gitlab
Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms — UK (Intermediate to Senior Staff)
Gitlab
Senior Data Engineer (Azure)
Proxify
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Proxify
Principal Security Researcher
Gitlab
Salary Range
- 25th Percentile
- $45k
- Median
- $80k
- 75th Percentile
- $115k
- Based on
- 2 jobs with salary data